Writing for the Gristmill, an environmental news blog, David Roberts shares some 3am convention thoughts:
A t-shirt, being sold by a very, very large black man (I’m serious — he was like 6′7″), that had Obama’s picture on the front, and on the back: “ A black man’s running — and it ain’t from the police! ” It’s funny, but there’s a serious sentiment behind it, something I sensed as I watched the crowd as Michelle Obama spoke tonight. Are we really going to do this? Elect a black man president? A black woman first lady? A black family to move into the White House? It’s at once thrilling, scary, inspiring, and, in a strange way, not quite real. Everyone is holding their breath.
Maybe, somebody, along the way, will put together a multi-media Black American timeline from the American Revolution to the moment of Obama’s formal acceptance of the Democratic nomination for Presidential candidate....
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A new biography, Michelle by Washington Post reporter Liza Mundy , examines Michelle’s years at the elite university, in particular Obama’s senior thesis, “Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community.”
“The question of what upper-income blacks owe to the less fortunate was a major preoccupation,” Mundy writes. Michelle Obama grew up here as the daughter of a city worker who provided a modest middle-class lifestyle for Michelle, his wife and... more
I know everyone is going to think I am making this up, and since I can’t go into detail on my source for this information without getting someone in very, very bad trouble, I’m just going to have to accept that. But this is the goods, guys. This is straight up.
Michelle Obama has fleas. No kidding. Her "condition" is generally known throughout her campaign team and has caused problems with cleanup in hotel suites, in TV studios after appearances, and on buses and planes.... more
In the interview for Wednesday?s Barbara Walters Special on ABC with Barack and Michelle Obama, excerpts of which were also shown on Wednesday?s World News with Charles Gibson, Walters asked few questions that put the Obamas on the defensive, in contrast with her January 2001 interview, aired on [...] ... more
Mitch Mitchell, best known as Jimi Hendrix’s drummer in The Jimi Hendrix Experience, was found dead in Portland, Oregon last night (November 12). ... more
Mitch Mitchell, bubnjar koji je sredinom šezdesetih, točnije 1966., zajedno s gitarističkim čarobnjakom Jimiem Hendrixom i basistom Noelom Reddingom osnovao bend Jimi Hendrix Experience, umro je u srijedu u hotelskoj sobi u Portlandu. [Muzika.Hr]... more
Some of the evening’s early stuff was inspired by the righteous Mod Dance Party thrown by fellow Teejers Tanner and Kimmy, Hummingbird Feeder, Helvidius, et al. Then I got to previewing some shows in town - funny enough, most of them happen Friday, including the Full Moon Fest, which I hope convinces the Fry’s Spring Beach Club to have more gigs. Bountiful parking - for those who aren’t within walking distance ...! The sad part was marking Mitch Mitchell’s passing.... more
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Previously, this blog noted the success of Velib’ — a bike sharing program in Paris that is not quite one year old yet.
Photo: Ed Alcock for The New York Times
* Trips to date: 20 million * Average trips/day: 70,000 * Average trip time: 18 minutes * 190,000 annual pass holders * 42% of users are female, 58% are male * 1/3 of users come from outside the central city * 17% of users are 46+ years old * 94% of users like the service
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Via ET ( Electrifying Times ), we learn from an Edmunds report that, in Japan, Honda currently is winning the hybrid image war.
The Toyota Prius and Honda Insight have exceptional crash safety ratings, are cleaner burning than most all of the other cars available, and run 0-60 in ~ 10 seconds.
Honda’s Insight coupe manages 102 mpg in Japan’s standard fuel cycle, while the Prius is just a whisker behind at 99 mpg (35 km/l). Thus, the new goal is better gas m... more
“Given the nature of After Gutenberg– perhaps an odd name for an ASE blog– it may be that you would be interested in the newly reprinted Complete Biogas Handbook, which has been given strong favorable reviews by Mother Earth News, J. Baldwin, et al. See the website for full information and downloads of selected chapters and appendices.”
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Subtitle: In addition to collaboration reduces variability
Writing for RMI Solutions, Noah Buhayar 1 reports on modeling conducted by the Energy & Resources Team at the Rocky Mountain Institute. Senior Consultant Lena Hansen led a series of research projects that rethink how to handle an intermittent supply of electricity from power plants employing wind or solar power.
Fellow Bryan Palmintier (center) of the Energy & Resources Team gets a “firm grip” on Senior Consultant ... more
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